Sectional index or record



S S O R 0 H SECTICNAL INDEX OR RECORD Fii'd Nov. 9, 1931 I l/EN TOE fierer/ 0 P055.

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llerbert ems, St. Izo'uia'M oi T :ppli catio nevehit ijs, 1921, was: a A. e F ee -1* l-12 If inventionfrelatesegenerally rto qindexes, records, lists; andthelike and,-:moreJparticularly,; toa certain new andzuseful improvementrinssec-i tional indexes; orrecordsfofithe type that includes alqpluralityi: of separateso-called individual cor recordsectionszonoards i Mye -present inventio sz-erori object improvement of: the?' sect1onal index or i' record shown and described inzmy; Letters Patent; No. 1,746,286; issued-toimeEebruary 11; 1930;,-:=-, a,

1 And with :the, above: and: other objects'zinxview, my present invention resides inthe novel features of rorm;constructionimrrangement, andlcombination of;;part's,- hereinatter. described; and r outinthe claims; a 1

:"Inthe accompanyingi-drawing e v .7 -.Fig'ure 1 is axplanwiew; :partlyr broken; away, of; a sectionalznidex orrecord 'embodyingmy present invention; Figurezislanedgerviewoi the-record or'ind'e'x; -Fi'gurei3' is alrea'r enlarged:perspective'viewofl a: plurality ofithe .-rindi vidualx recordl sections. or cards in interlocked iimbrica'ted Lor overlapping relation; l. 2-: r a.;="-. 1j.; LL35 1 .1 1 Figured ishows Vin-,en1arged: perspective. a frag-:1 ment'joflone of the individuala sections or vcards; Figure: 5: is an; edge view; of 1' the backing-sheet or holder with the record sections I or; cards 'r'e-; 'movedru W 1 1: Figures is a fragmental-perspective viewofthe': index vor record, showinga the several' connected I'GCOIdeSCCtiOIlS or cards in'hingedlybent position; while engaged'by the retainingstrips or-strapm v: Re erri owm r in detail, a d, by reference characters to-the drawing;;A,-A, designate thejike separate individual record-sections or cards or the indexneach o l-w h ards Qr sections. isico s r c dyp iisome flex ble; e e ia rsu hl ori rsta ce: :su t -lightwei ht erdboardme dointed a o w i hieQi-su tablep erm ed l n th:

a re h-- or: ur o es t emresent e-f c ption the n m me ionta I v wi l ermit each sect on rr e s t jd an a romo e; s de n er a ed ve t cal ed e to t eQ s e-si e: r ve i eel dee a dthe' br adth: dim a I; il t m i o e isectio o cerdszt edis nqel in Eigures l and substantially identical horizontally aligned opposed tenons or tongues a. Preferably the the upper'ihorizontaleedge:ofnthscard: than are i the-tongues a; and each ofsaid 'slots 'or openings at ;its s.vertically; -dis'posed'1' wall.:":4=':"Substantially alignszwith jandrrhasua breadthf dimension 943- V. proximately equ'aleto the brea'dthedimension' of; thei uztongue-necke-s zs'It willscbe: notedtthat L the lower=wall5 of veach'sslotttrends' obliquelydnwa'rdly and downwardly to'x'a'pointgas at. '6; somewhat below; the horizontal: vplane9oil;thet's ipper en d 0f the tongue-neck 3;the:slots or bpeni'n'gs'b of each respective card ibeingalso' horizontally alignedrelatively thereon; c ('2', sz'In. now initially? assembling .a plurality of the sections for cards A :iniiri'dexio'r record formation;

alsoseen in Figures 1 a'pairof the. cards, as,-for: instancetcard'si s and t,"

mately fiatwise superposed relation; the; onef'card" s, suitably; .bodilyv'flexed, sand itst't'onguesii a in; I

serted 'endwise within the? openings or slots 1) of the second card't "15K thirdward'wisthen disposed substantially: {fia under? the second 's'car'd t; I and *the; tongues 1a .of z thessecondxca'rd t insertedendwise within; the "openings orLislots" b'. .of 'lthe I ond cardi t=willpbeiipartly bVe'f J'theTimpe niaLrginal I edge portionyylof e fourth cardxmiandtviththe' several; cardszrs disposed: in overlapping irelation it will be noted :thatlthe: second cardit at its upper'amarginaledge-portion lies 'partly under,

D .101? the iupberl carries;-iemd that :the: third card "1L N sim lar y par .underli sthe slots i or'iopenings b; de d s qf the; second card N 43nd sogon =thro 1ghout1the" series. With the severalcards soiarrflnged and semester?! t ey areas will. Deco ated isnosediin enimh iea esl qnever eepn perseriesz-wi na r "tion of each respective cardexposed-and visible and with each card partly underlying and "re-' and to therear lof theinclin'edcwalb5:;of*-theslots stricting the dimensions of the slots or openings 1) of the card in front thereof. The so inserted tongues a of the uppermost or first card and the upper marginal edge portion y of the third card u are now so relatively flexed as to dispose such marginal edge portion of the third card it over or in front of breadthwise extended or enlarged portions 2 of the tongues w of the first card .9, or, reversely, such extended portions 2 of the tongues a of the firstcardvs are-disposed undernr to the rear of the marginal edge portion i'lnfithethird card u, as indicated in Figure 3. With the tongues a of the first card s so engaged with, the third card it, and the second ,card I, similarly. engaged with a fourth card, the several"described' cards are,as will be seen, detachablygseeune ,to-

gether in slot-restrictingrelation fl'he several cards are thus interlocked inan 'imbricatedor overlapping series and present, with;;a,,por;tion;.

'by dispose the straps 12 over their connected of each card exposed, a substantially continuous, though sectional; :sheettor :the recording or iiidexing of names intormation, datafiand' the like; i In a Similanninriner,iafiftmcard may be dis posed underthe fourth-card andifintei'locked at its inserted tongues a :with the marginal edge portion of the next alternate.'acardithereabove,

v and in such mannerand by additional, individual cards or sections, the .i'index" or recordimay be extended and enlarged stomeet any, particular requirementssm i 1;. ysPreferably to facilitate:stheghandling of the connected .or interlocked-cards wand-their inset tion in a file, desk-drawer,sorlthelikalprovide a holder comprising .a backing sh'eet B of rela' tively heavy pap'erebouxd "or flight sheetqnetal provided 'oriior'med'upon its opposite side "edges and adjacent'uits; 'upp'er marginlwith a vpair of tongues substantially identical with the 1 sandtongues a. The sheet B, preferably scored,-as'- at 7,8 is folded along the scbringfliand'thereby provided with the. tongueV-Ebearing" end-flap; "9. The sheet i8 is then 'foldedzialongthe scoring 8 and thereby provided; "a'i'seeond or intermediate flap H), and thetwo iflapsz and 10 are the'n'm'anipulated to dispose the tongue -bearin'g -flapi) under. or .thei-seoondcfiap 10, as shown. The uppermost nardssxisthen engaged at'its "opem the tongues e interloekedij'with- ,fiiarginal -edgeportion of the second cam-ism the :entire series of cards ,therebwsecured flatwise to and-sup'on the shee'tB, as shqwnzinsl igure -ly x 1,1

Y Preferably each card A isaprovided en e line in "approximately:Lthe'ihorizontal plane *iof the marginal portion 11; of a respectivecard from thetongues a pfthe, next second adjacent sectio'n or card, one-or more-of theindividualsections or cards may be readily removed and replared sub stantiail yi'at any p'o'int' the connected series; and additions and eliminatiqiis in the-index or record thus quickly accomplished; the"-re'cord or index beingsc broken 'anydesir'ed point-and again conn'ected. I

Nor'mally and uses the bajckingfB'g portioiis only of thejse'veral messed to and supported cards A are exposed and visible, but by hingedly bending the cards A along the line of the cutouts or slots 11 or otherwise suitably flexing the respective connected cards, substantially the entire front surface area, as well as also substantially the entire rear surface area, of each card may be presented for the convenient entry of matters pertinent to the particular record.

Adhesively or otherwise fixed preferably at their respective opposite ends only to the backing-sheet or holder B and extending .flatwise-z'relatively to and over the upper face of the sheet B adjacent qitsjopposite side margins, as best seen in Figure 1,

are longitudinal,card-engageable flexible straps l2'prefe'rabiyconstructed of material like or similar. to that .of the sheet B. By suitable relative manipulation of the cards or sections A and the 'straps 12, sections A are suitably engaged, substantially asshown, with the straps 12 to thereand n is to be understood thatiother changes and modifications in the form, construction, 'arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my new sectional record orindex may be made and substituted for those zherein'vrshown and described; without departing-Irvin "the nature and principle of my invention.

;.Having thus described my invention what I claimand 'desirerto. secure by Letters Patent is,-

I 1. Ina sectional record, a plurality of sections connected together in a flexible imbricated series, one or more of said sections being provided with a marginal recess, in combinsitionwith a back connected at an end with the upper end section of: the series, and astrap 'nxed atit's opposite ends only "to the back a and extending longitudinally along a side margin of the back for engagementintrmediste its nxedends with one of the sections at its said recess and the strap then overlying a respective-side marginfa lfportion of some, and under-lyinga respective side marginal portion of the remainder, of the sections of the 'serie's for retaining the series iE-rcm lateral movement rela-' tively tothe back, I I

2. In; asectional record, a senessr sections con nected together in =afiexible imbricate'd series, one or more of {said sections being provided with -op'-' posed marginal recesses, -in'-combina'ti'on with a back connected at an endwith the upper endsction of the series, and'a pair of straps fixed at their "respective ends only to, and extending longi tudinally along the opposite side margins of, the

back for engagementwith respective sections at their said recesses and the respective straps then overlying the opposite side marginal portions or 

